| ECONS Ltd is an independent engineering firm specializing in advanced |
| consulting projects. It was founded in 1992 by a group of skilled designers |
| experienced in the fields of power engineering, heat supply and heating |
| systems, air technology and water treatment. ECONS designers' extensive |
| work in the areas of heating systems and industrial energy predetermined |
| the basic professional direction of the company. Along with its focus on the |
| issues of energetics modernization, renewal and reconstruction of some of |
| the region's most prominent enterprises, ECONS is on the cutting edge of |
| energetics technology with its exploration of cogeneration, the associated |
| production of heat and electricity. In recent years, ECONS has taken an active |
| role in the planning and execution of several cogeneration projects in the |
| Slovak Republic. ECONS also deals abroad in consulting and project |
| development. VOEST Alpine, an Austrian steel works corporation, is its |
| foremost foreign partner. Cooperation with VOEST has led to many significant |
| projects in Indonesia, Korea, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Egypt. |
| Success in the international sector demonstrates the ECONS professionalism |
| with which its Slovak clients are already accustomed. |
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